Li Xuan looked at himself.
He had gained a lot of muscle, especially in the abdomen, chest, and legs.
These muscles became solid, giving him a sensation like throwing off two large lumps of fat, feeling very light.
Other than that, there wasn't any significant change.
In other words, unless he intentionally takes off his clothes, only Rose and Yaohua, who know his body very well as close maidservants, could notice this sudden change in his physique.
No one else can perceive it.
Li Xuan then withdrew the magic blood with a thought.
The burning sensation in his blood instantly disappeared, yet it didn't produce any side effects.
Though, those muscles he gained returned to their original state.
Li Xuan turned his hands back and forth, raised his leg, and found it really went back, prompting him to think: 'So magical, truly the merit of the magic blood.'
Immediately, he used the magic blood again with a thought, raising agility to "7 points".
He wanted to test the duration of the magic blood and its real effect in everyday life.
...
Behind the giant rock.
Li Xuan was excitedly experimenting.
From the other side of the rock came Yaohua's voice.
"Young Master?"
Li Xuan knew he had spent too much time "doing big business," which worried her, so he responded, "Hey."
After that, he said, "I still felt it just a moment ago, but now it's gone."
While speaking, he got up, rustling to pull on his pants.
After a short while, he came out, looking at the fair lady in white, suddenly speaking with an enthusiastic tone: "Dear Yaohua, why don't you come behind this rock too?"
Yaohua cautiously replied: "What for?"
Li Xuan looked at her, his eyes burning.
Sometimes silence speaks louder.
Yaohua suddenly realized, spat, and said coyly: "Shameless."
Li Xuan's breathing quickened, saying urgently: "Dear Yaohua, what is shame?"
Listening to this, Yaohua felt her heart pounding.
She was different from Rose; Rose and the young master frolicked every night, whereas she was only rarely conquered by the young master.
During other times, even when she and the young master stayed in the same room, they drew boundaries on bed. She wouldn't even go on the bed, just relaxing with closed eyes at the footrest, silently cultivating, spending the night.
Now, the young master hinted at such audacious requests, wanting to use the sky as a blanket and the ground as a bed; how could she agree?
Li Xuan suddenly raised his hand.
Yaohua quickly reacted, cautiously stepping back.
Li Xuan pointed far to the camp, saying: "Dear Yaohua, why don't we race? Let's run to that camp. If you are slower, you'll have to follow my lead. If you're faster, we'll call it off."
Yaohua retreated a few more steps cautiously, then followed his finger to look, before saying: "What trick are you up to again, Young Master?"
Li Xuan said: "Run or not?"
Yaohua helplessly nodded.
The camp was about two hundred meters away.
They set up their positions.
Not wanting to be caught by the Young Master, Yaohua started running fast.
Li Xuan also started to run.
At first, he didn't realize, but after running, he found he was only a bit slower than Yaohua; when Yaohua reached the finish line, he was still twenty or thirty meters away.
Yaohua turned back, seeing the Young Master running fast towards her, losing her color in fear, she started running away again.
While running, she hid behind a tent, continuously changing positions to avoid Li Xuan finding her.
But she was also concerned about Li Xuan's safety and didn't stray far.
Li Xuan looked at his lady, then considered her hidden strength, estimating that Yaohua's agility might be between 8 and 9.
Comparing himself, he had some understanding of his current "agility".
After a little thought, Li Xuan finally looked at the "+" sign behind "Agility (5+2/10)" and added "1 Demon Point" to the agility score.
With the increase in points, the "Agility" field instantly transformed into "Agility (6+2/10)", and a further sense of ease and acuity respectively surged over his body and senses.
His body, hidden within the cloud-patterned robe, became more lithe, thus making the robe appear slightly looser.
This change in physique made Li Xuan noticeably feel his pant legs loosen.
After brief thinking, he suddenly understood the reason.
Agility compresses flesh, transforming fat into muscle, making muscle more robust.
But he only increased agility, not constitution and strength.
Simply put, with all that flesh, compressing it obviously thins it, doesn't it?
After understanding this, Li Xuan thought: 'Next time I want to maintain my physique, I'll need more Demon Points, and then distribute them evenly across agility, constitution, and strength.'
'However, I can also withdraw the magic blood...'
'Forget it, better keep it for now, considering this is a dangerous place. I need to stay in peak condition.'
Decision made, Li Xuan called out: "Yaohua, let's have breakfast."
Yaohua showed her face from behind a tent he hadn't expected, teased: "No more fooling around, or I won't bother with you."
Not far away, the experts of the Li family watched with measured observation and understanding; further away, the Li family experts treated them as transparent, going about their own business.
Everyone understood.
The Young Master, having reached that age, coupled with the shock he experienced last night, wanting to do something with a maidservant is very normal.
In fact, it's abnormal if anyone makes a big fuss.
...
After breakfast.
Considering the safety of the Eldest Young Master Li, the cavalry from the Li family was to return to the county.
Li Xuan chose more than ten cavalrymen, letting them represent the Li family here, assisting the County Captain in the search, reporting immediately if they found news of his eldest sister.
After completing these arrangements, Li Xuan went to the place where the bodies of the two Half-Step Grandmaster experts were placed last night.
However, he was surprised to find that the rolling hot blood that seeped into the red earth had "withered", no longer vibrant, as if ordinary blood had been blown by the wind, solidifying into fragments overnight, losing its original mystique.
This shattered his plan to continue absorbing magic blood.
The county soldiers stationed there didn't find the change in blood suspicious, but Li Xuan vaguely guessed the truth.
The "Electric Sword" Jing Yu Jin and "Mountain Opening Hand" Shang Shiju encountered a "demon", jointly attacking. The "demon" was injured and bled, but "Jing Yu Jin" and "Shang Shiju" directly died tragically.
A bit of magic blood mixed with their blood, causing the soil to be scorching hot, even containing fire poison.
Now, the magic blood he absorbed made the blood devoid of demonic energy, naturally becoming normal.
"Xiaoyao."
Li Xuan suddenly called out.
Yaohua looked at him.
Li Xuan wanted to estimate the power of the "demon", so he asked: "Xiaoyao, how do you compare to Jing Yu Jin?"
Yaohua paused, then thought deeply before saying: "I'm not his match."
"How much worse?" Li Xuan asked, thinking for a moment, he changed the question, "For example, you were running away just now, but the one chasing you wasn't me, it was Jing Yu Jin. If he let you run half a mile first, how long do you think it would take him to catch you?"
Facing this peculiar question, Yaohua was speechless, yet seriously thought for a moment before saying: "It's hard to answer, each family has its unique skills that, when erupted, can increase body technique by several levels...
Though Jing Yu Jin is famous for his body technique, I also follow a nimble path. For him to catch me is not easy."
Upon hearing this, Li Xuan estimated in his heart that the Half-Step Grandmaster adept at body technique likely has agility of 9 to 10.
However, the limit is 10.
If a Half-Step Grandmaster is already at 10, could a Grandmaster achieve a qualitative change?
Just then, Yaohua continued: "People's innate talent differs, so the limit is also decisively different.
Even if practicing the same top-tier technique, some achieve mastery becoming Grandmasters, while others end up similar to me.
This is because they've reached their own limit."
Li Xuan was momentarily stunned.
He understood.
Innate Talent... This is hidden data.
Clearly, people's limits are different.
And his attribute limit of "10" might indeed be weak.